My husband and I were robbed on Saturday. It wasn’t our personal home, but one of our rental houses in Palm Springs. This was the second robbery at that property in a month. The first time they stole three brand new TVs. This time they took two of three TVs we had just purchased to […]
Learning from my failures in the sermon of Franklin Graham
I failed today in my mission to be a voice for discourse in our nation, not a voice of discord. My high school debate coach always told us to agree to disagree without being disagreeable. And that’s what I want to do, but I let my temper and anger get the best of me today. […]
Any glory in 2nd? Carolina Panthers suffer same fate as Clemson Tigers
What does it mean to come in second place? Last month, the Clemson Tigers tarnished their undefeated record with a loss to Alabama in the college football playoff. In the Super Bowl last night, the Carolina Panthers were stunned by the Denver Broncos. Is there any glory in 2nd? In the United States, coming in second doesn’t […]
Donald Trump’s take on Christianity
I’ve questioned how and why Donald Trump would have any support from evangelical Christian voters. But as one of my favorite Christian bloggers points out, a chunk of the right wing evangelical movement started in response to racial integration, and Mr. Trump certainly hits all the right notes with his anti-immigrant and overtly racially charged language. This […]
MLK reminds us to rediscover lost values
On February 28, 1954, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a sermon at Detroit’s Second Baptist Church. The theme of his sermon sounds like it could come from any of the Republican Presidential candidates.”There is something wrong with our world, something fundamentally and basically wrong. I don’t think we have to look too far to see […]
Kim Davis pops up at State of Union.
Kim Davis popped up at President Obama’s final State of the Union address to “encourage Christians” to discriminate against LGBT people. In his state of the State address, Governor Pence of Indiana has forgotten last year’s debate over his state’s “Religious Freedom” act and stated, “I will not support any bill that diminishes the religious freedom of Hoosiers or […]
Football is the South’s other religion
Like Ted Cruz’s dual citizenship, people in the South have two religions. On Sunday, Christianity rules, but on Saturday, it’s all about college football. My Momma got her undergrad and Master’s at Clemson University so we were disappointed with Clemson’s loss in the national championship game. The talk in Upstate South Carolina is that Dabo Swinney […]
Six Reasons Inclusive Restrooms Benefit All
My husband and I were returning from a relaxing weekend in Santa Barbara wine country, and we stopped at a gas station. I bought a quick pick for PowerBall and MegaMillions and took a key that was attached to a broom (ok, half a broom stick) to the side of the convenience store to use […]
It’s Time to Take Back Christianity
Since the 1980s, self-described “Christians” decided that they needed to impose a socially conservative agenda on the rest of society in complete rejection of the First Amendment’s insistence on separate of church and state. These “Christians” have also substituted the teachings of Jesus for the writings of Adam Smith. But it doesn’t need to be like […]
Being Honest is the only “Choice” gays and lesbians make
I read this great blog about how homosexuality absolutely is a choice. It confronts the issue that seems to concern many people. Do we choose our sexual orientation. John Pavlovitz helps us understand that although were not choosing our orientation, we do choose how we live our lives. Do we live our truth or repress our […]